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Global Payments Firm BPC Appoints New Managing Director for Pakistan
Global payments firm BPC announced the appointment of Furrukh Ali Baig as Managing Director for the South Asian region. Ali Baig has been at the helm of BPC’s business development team for the last six years and has 12 years
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Lasanka Perera Now Independent Reserve’s Singapore CEO and Group COO
Independent Reserve, a cryptocurrency exchange licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has appointed Lasanka Perera as CEO for Singapore. As the CEO, Perera will be focused on developing Independent Reserve’s growth strategy in Asia while retaining his role
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FWD Appoints Adrian Vincent as New Singapore CEO
FWD Group, a a pan-Asian life insurance business, has announced the appointment of Adrian Vincent as Chief Executive Officer for Singapore. Vincent joined FWD Singapore in 2019 as General Manager, Life Business, successfully establishing the company’s financial adviser channel and
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GXS Appoints Banking Veteran as Group CEO for Singapore, Malaysia
Grab and Singtel’s GXS Bank has appointed Muthukrishnan Ramaswami as its Group Chief Executive Officer, effective from 7 February. The appointment is subject to regulatory approval. Fondly known as Ramu, the new appointee will be focused on GXS’ ambition to
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Thailand Embraces Digital Banking with Customer Protection in Mind
Thailand has recently approved digital banking but has warned against irresponsible lending. This comes from the growing digital banking trend in Southeast Asia, which has seen an influx of financial technology firms entering the market. The Bank of Thailand (BoT)
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10 Fintechs That Are Transforming SME Lending
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are innovative, agile and drive competition. However, they’re often shuffled to the back of the line when it comes to accessing credit. Lending to SMEs can be risky and time-consuming. Traditional financial institutions often require
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HSBC Insurance Completes Merger With AXA Singapore
The integration between HSBC Insurance Singapore and AXA Insurance is now complete and has begun operating as a combined entity – HSBC Life Singapore. The merger and rebranding will have no impact to the terms of any of the policies in-force
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Vietnam’s SMEs Get a Boost from Digital Lending
Even as much of the world experienced recessionary economic winds, the Vietnamese economy continued to be robust, even recording growth out of a dour 2022. Part of that resurgence in Vietnam was a strong import-export boom, and now positive digital
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Grab Singapore Appoints Parliament Member for Public Affairs and Policy Role
Ride-hailing giant and superapp Grab has appointed Member of Parliament (MP) Tin Pei Ling as its Director of Public Affairs and Policy for Singapore. Tin had begun serving in her new role in January and her new appointment came to
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Crypto Lessons From 2022 The Industry Should Avoid in 2023
As any crypto industry observer surely knows, 2022 was one of the most turbulent years since Bitcoin hit mainstream notoriety and digital asset markets became a sphere of interest for fintech companies and private investors alike. The early part of
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